I’m referring to Elon University’s decision to go with Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth as its summer reading book this year.

In this week’s Clarion Call, Steven Hayward attacks Elon’s choice.

But if you think college is the place to learn that scholarship is about promoting feel-good notions that entail a vast increase in governmental power over people and ignoring the views of those who disagree with you, then Gore’s book is ideal.